Max Muncy’s NSFW celebration after Tony La Russa gaffe caps epic return

Turns out all Max Muncy needed was a little rehab assignment to get his power stroke and inimitable swagger back.

On Thursday afternoon with the Los Angeles Dodgers taking on the Chicago White Sox in a rubber match for the series, Muncy broke the game open in his first bit of action since May 25 against the Nationals.

In the top of the sixth inning with LA leading 7-5 (after coming back down from trailing 4-0), the slugger cranked an opposite field three-run blast to put the Dodgers up 10-5. An inning earlier, Muncy delivered the go-ahead two-run double and scored on a wild pitch. What a showing!

But, unfortunately, that’s a subplot of this narrative. Why was Muncy able to get to the plate to hit his majestic blast? Because White Sox manager Tony La Russa opted to intentionally walk Trea Turner on a 1-2 count.

No, not a 2-1 count (which is still fairly egregious). It was a 1-2 count, which made reliever Bennett Sousa’s day that much worse. And Muncy’s blast all but officially ended all hope for the White Sox, who can’t seem to get on track despite being considered among the AL favorites before the season.

Most importantly, however, was that Muncy didn’t allow La Russa to get away with that as he crossed home plate. He let the opposing dugout hear what he had to say (not directly, but just by yelling f— very loudly multiple times).

Max Muncy’s NSFW celebration after being disrespected was awesome

Muncy might’ve been hitting .150 with a .591 OPS in 41 games and was just activated off the IL on Thursday, but why even give him a reason to be more motivated? That’s exactly his game.

Either that, or La Russa was reading too far into the analytics. This is what happens when you don’t study enough — it leads to overreach.

OK, fair enough, but what’s the Dodgers’ slash line on the season with an 0-0 count? It’s probably way better than Turner’s numbers with a 1-2 count!

Muncy wasn’t the only one letting La Russa hear it, though. White Sox fans yelling from the crowd were heard on the broadcast and it was hilarious.

Apologies for the tweet/media overload, but this moment birthed far too many clips to overlook. Here’s another angle of Muncy losing his mind from his trot around third base all the way into the dugout.

The only negative out of this whole thing? The rest of the league now knows not to ever intentionally walk anyone in front of Muncy ever again … because dealing with this furious aftermath is not the side you want to be on.

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